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Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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HENRY TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HIGH CHAIR.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in High Chairs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in high chairs.

One object of the invention is to provide a high chair having means to effectually prevent a child from falling over the sides thereof.

Another object is to provide a chair of this character having high arms and supplemental arms or guards provided with tray supports and which are pivotally attached to the back of the chair whereby the height of the sides of the chair may be increased above the stationary arms thereof.

it further object is to provide means for preventing the chair from being easily upset or tilted over backward.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of a high chair constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of the chair showing the supplemental arms and tray swung over the back of the chair to an inoperative position in full lines and in dotted lines showing the supplemental arms and tray in an operative position. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the supplemental guard. arms removed from the chair; Fig. 4- is a perspective view of an ordinary high chair showing my improved supplemental guard and tray supporting arms applied thereto; Fig. 5 is a side view thereof showing in full and dotted lines the operative and inoperative positions of the supplemental guard and tray supporting arms. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the attachment for preventing the backward tilting or upsetting of the chair.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings 1 denotes my improved high chair comprising a seat 2 which may be of any desired construction and to Specification of Letters Patent.

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which is secured the usual or any desired form of supporting legs 8. is also secured a back t which is preferably of greater height than the usual high chair back but which may be otherwise constructed in any suitable manner. Secured to the bottom and back of the chair are seats 5 which are of greater height than the usual sides of high chairs and which may be of any suitable construction, said sides being here shown as preferably comprising upright bars or rungs 6 connected at their lower ends to the seat 2 and at their upper ends to stationary arms 7 The outer ends of the arms 7 extend downwardly at substantially right angles to the upper portion of the arms and thence forwardly and are connected with front supporting posts 8 which are secured to and project upwardly from the side of the chair as shown. The forwardly projecting portions of the clownwardly extending ends of the arms 7 form supports 9 for the outer ends of combined supplemental guard arms and tray supporting members and the tray attached thereto and which will be hereinafter more fully described.

The combined tray supporting members and supplemental guard arms hereinbefore referred to comprise bars 10 which are pivotally connected at their rear ends to the opposite sides of the upper portion of the chair back and which extend forwardly and parallel to the stationary arms of the chair above which the bars 10 of the supplemental arms are spaced for a suitable distance as shown. At their free ends the bars 10 ex tend downwardly at substantially right angles to form the front ends 11 of the supplemental arms, said front ends extending forwardly at their lower extremities to form tray supporting bars 12 which are adapted to engage and rest on the supports 9 of the stationary arms and to which are secured a tray 18 of any suitable construction.

By constructing the sides of the chair and the supplemental guard arms as herein shown and described it will be seen that a child occupying the chair will be effectually prevented from falling over the sides thereof. By forming the chair with the high stationary side arms 7 it will also be seen that when it is desired to place the chair up to a table the supplemental guard arms and tray may be swung upwardly and over the back of the chair to the position shown in To the seat 1- 'lllld Fig. 2 of the drawing so that the tray will not interfere with bringing the chair close to the table, while the high sides and stationary arms of the chair will still afford protection and will prevent the child from falling out over the sides of the chair. By turning the outer ends of the high stationary arms of the chair downwardly and extending said downwardly turned ends outwardly, said stationary arms may still be employed for supporting a tray in position to be conveniently reached by the child occupying the chair and in which position the tray also serves as the means for preventing the child from slipping out of the front of the chair.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing is shown an ordinary high chair having applied thereto my improved supplemental guard arms 1% which are pivotally connected at their rear ends to the opposite sides of the chair back and have their forward ends turned downwardly and extended outwardly to form tray supports 15. The arms 1 1 are substantially the same as the supplemental guard arms 10 shown in the first form of the invention and to said tray supports 15 of said arms 14 is secured a tray 16 which may correspond to the tray 13 or may be of any suitable con struction. IVhen in an operative position the tray supports 15 of the arms lat rest on the outer ends of the regular stationary arms 17 of the chair which thus support the outer ends of the guard arms and the tray secured thereto. In this form of the invention the guard arms 14 and the tray 16 are also adapted to be swung upwardly and over the back of the chair to an inoperative and out of the way position as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

In order to prevent the chair from being casually tilted or upset backward, 1 provide fioor engaging members 18 which are preferably in the form of angle iron brackets having a short attaching arm 18 and floor engaging arms 19. The attaching arms 19 are adapted to be screwed or otherwise rigidly secured to the rear sides of the lower ends of the back legs of the chair while the floor engaging arms 20 which are of considerably greater length than the attaching arms are adapted to project beyond the ends of the rear legs and to firmly engage the floor thus effectually preventing the chair from tilting or upsetting backwardly.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In combination with a chair seat having side arms and a back having its upper portion disposed in a horizontal plane above the arms, of supplemental arms pivoted to the upper portion of the back and extending forwardly therefrom and in spaced relation to the chair arms, said supplemental arms forming guards and having at their forward extremities upright portions extending downwardly, and also having forwardly extending portions at the lower ends of the upright portions adapted to rest upon the chair arms at the front portions of the latter, and a tray secured to said forwardly extending portions of the supplemental arms and movable over the back of the chair.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY TAYLOR.

Witnesses A. It. TAYLOR, Jxams SHANNON.

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